Musica Activa: An Approach to Music Education

(Schott). This is an adaption of "Musica Viva 2 * Expression rhythmique" (first published in French) and focuses on the element of rhythm within the pedagogical framework of the Active Method, based on the principles of Carl Orff. Preface: ABCs of the Orff Pedagogy * Notes for Teachers: Rhythm * The Ontogenesis of Rhythm * Verbal Expression: Establishing Rhythm * Elaborating the Rhythm * Poetry as Rhythm * Speech Choir * Rhythmic Imitation: Single-level Imitation * Four-level Imitation * Rhythmic Canon: The Mini-Canon * The Traditional Rhythmic Canon * Question and Answer Technique: Verbal Expression * Body Percussion * Non-Pitched Percussion * Pitched Percussion * Rhythmic Rondo: Verbal Expression * Body Percussion * Non-Pitched Percussion * Pitched Percussion * Vocal Expression- Ostinato: Layering * Accompaniment to Text * Accomppaniment to Songs * Rhythmic Reading Games: Active Rhythmic Reading * Reading Music * Improving Rhythmic Skills * Rhythmic Creativity: Improvisation within a Metric Framework * Aleatoric Music * Movement: Actions and Rhythm * Chorporal Expression * Folk Dances * "Uf Dem Anger" * International Code for Movement Notation * Appendix: Instrumental Ranges * Order of Instruments on Score, Abbreviations and Symbols * Biography of Professor Wuytack ans Lists of Publications